French Baroque art

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French Baroque art is a 17th-century artistic style in France characterized by grandeur, dramatic intensity, and rich ornamentation, closely associated with the absolutist court culture of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque art
art movement
associatedWith Counter-Reformation aesthetics
French absolutism
King Louis XIII
surface form: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIV of France
court culture
center Paris
Versailles
country France
genre architecture
decorative arts
painting
sculpture
influenced Neoclassicism
surface form: French Neoclassicism

Rococo
surface form: French Rococo
influencedBy Caravaggisti
surface form: Caravaggism

High Renaissance art
Italian Baroque art
classical antiquity
institutionalSupport Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Académie royale d’architecture
majorArchitect François Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Louis Le Vau
majorArtist Charles Le Brun
Claude Lorrain
Eustache Le Sueur
Georges de La Tour
Nicolas Poussin
Simon Vouet
majorSculptor Antoine Coysevox
François Girardon
majorWork Église du Val-de-Grâce
surface form: Church of the Val-de-Grâce

Hôtel des Invalides
surface form: Dome of Les Invalides

Colonnade of the Louvre
surface form: East façade of the Louvre Palace

Galerie des Glaces at Versailles
surface form: Hall of Mirrors at Versailles

Château de Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles
movement Baroque
patronage Catholic Church in France
French royal court
period 17th century
stylisticFeatures classical order combined with exuberant decoration
dramatic intensity
dynamic compositions
grandeur
illusionistic effects
monumentality
rich ornamentation
strong contrasts of light and shadow
theatricality
theme allegories of power and glory
classical mythology
heroic history painting
religious subjects
royal propaganda

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The Martyrdom of Saint Peter artisticSchool French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
The Resurrection artisticSchool French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Saint Benedict Receiving Maurus and Placidus artisticSchool French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Saint Bruno in Prayer movement French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Saint Jerome in Penitence artisticSchool French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Allegory of Justice artisticSchool French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
The Martyrdom of Saint Paul movement French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Allegory of Charity movement French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
The Crucifixion artisticStyle French Baroque art
subject surface form: The Crucifixion (Jean Restout)
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Allegory of Fortitude artisticStyle French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque
Portrait of Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy style French Baroque art
this entity surface form: French Baroque